diff --git a/emscripten.py b/emscripten.py
index a571363c34d4..f057392e6144 100644
--- a/emscripten.py
+++ b/emscripten.py
@@ -2436,15 +2436,18 @@ def create_em_js(forwarded_json, metadata):
 
 
 def add_standard_wasm_imports(send_items_map):
-  # memory was already allocated (so that js could use the buffer); import it
-  memory_import = 'wasmMemory'
-  if shared.Settings.MODULARIZE and shared.Settings.USE_PTHREADS:
-    # Pthreads assign wasmMemory in their worker startup. In MODULARIZE mode, they cannot assign inside the
-    # Module scope, so lookup via Module as well.
-    memory_import += " || Module['wasmMemory']"
-  send_items_map['memory'] = memory_import
-
-  send_items_map['table'] = 'wasmTable'
+  # Normally we import these into the wasm (so that JS could use them even
+  # before the wasm loads), while in standalone mode we do not depend
+  # on JS to create them, but create them in the wasm and export them.
+  if not shared.Settings.STANDALONE_WASM:
+    memory_import = 'wasmMemory'
+    if shared.Settings.MODULARIZE and shared.Settings.USE_PTHREADS:
+      # Pthreads assign wasmMemory in their worker startup. In MODULARIZE mode, they cannot assign inside the
+      # Module scope, so lookup via Module as well.
+      memory_import += " || Module['wasmMemory']"
+    send_items_map['memory'] = memory_import
+
+    send_items_map['table'] = 'wasmTable'
 
   # With the wasm backend __memory_base and __table_base and only needed for
   # relocatable output.
diff --git a/tests/other/metadce/mem_O3_ALLOW_MEMORY_GROWTH_STANDALONE_WASM.sent b/tests/other/metadce/mem_O3_ALLOW_MEMORY_GROWTH_STANDALONE_WASM.sent
index 2ed4d441a51d..6f1c4741d9b0 100644
--- a/tests/other/metadce/mem_O3_ALLOW_MEMORY_GROWTH_STANDALONE_WASM.sent
+++ b/tests/other/metadce/mem_O3_ALLOW_MEMORY_GROWTH_STANDALONE_WASM.sent
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 args_get
 args_sizes_get
 emscripten_notify_memory_growth
-memory
 proc_exit
-table
diff --git a/tests/other/metadce/mem_O3_STANDALONE_WASM.sent b/tests/other/metadce/mem_O3_STANDALONE_WASM.sent
index ae5545e94425..ddf9d81904bb 100644
--- a/tests/other/metadce/mem_O3_STANDALONE_WASM.sent
+++ b/tests/other/metadce/mem_O3_STANDALONE_WASM.sent
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
 args_get
 args_sizes_get
-memory
 proc_exit
-table
diff --git a/tests/test_other.py b/tests/test_other.py
index 4be23302a5e5..cb52b7c521eb 100644
--- a/tests/test_other.py
+++ b/tests/test_other.py
@@ -8119,13 +8119,13 @@ def test_metadce_hello_fastcomp(self, *args):
                            3, [], [], 6100,  2,  3,  5),         # noqa
     # argc/argv support code etc. is in the wasm
     'O3_standalone':      (['-O3', '-s', 'STANDALONE_WASM'],
-                           5, [], [], 6423,  3,  4,  5),         # noqa
+                           3, [], [], 6423,  3,  4,  5),         # noqa
     # Growth support code is in JS, no significant change in the wasm
     'O3_grow':            (['-O3', '-s', 'ALLOW_MEMORY_GROWTH'],
                            3, [], [], 6098,  2,  3,  5),         # noqa
     # Growth support code is in the wasm
     'O3_grow_standalone': (['-O3', '-s', 'ALLOW_MEMORY_GROWTH', '-s', 'STANDALONE_WASM'],
-                           6, [], [], 6563,  4,  4,  6),         # noqa
+                           4, [], [], 6563,  4,  4,  6),         # noqa
   })
   @no_fastcomp()
   def test_metadce_mem(self, *args):